"Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority."
Edward Young"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."
Edward Young"Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure."
Edward Young"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."
Edward Young"Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die."
Edward Young"Procrastination is the thief of time."
Edward Young"Read nature; nature is a friend to truth."
Edward Young"There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired."
Edward Young